Wk 1 · 2026
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at West Virginia Mountaineers — Sat, Sep 5
Sat, Sep 5 ·
Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
· TNT FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
at
12:00pET
WVU -21 · total 54.5 DraftKings opened -21.5 · 0.5 toward CCU
Ratings differential WVU by 11.0
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Coastal form
W 27-21at MRSHL 24-31vs GASOL 17-34vs LIBL 14-22at DELW 45-7vs FOR
2026 season
West Virginia form
L 31-52vs ARIZL 42-45at ISUL 24-41vs OKSTW 38-27at UVAW 52-7vs UTM
2026 season
Coastal this season
Straight up2-4 · 33% (6 games)
Against the spread3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Over / under3-3 · 50% (6 games)
West Virginia this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread2-3-1 · 40% (6 games)
Over / under6-0 · 100% (6 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, West Virginia leads 2–0 · West Virginia has won the last 2
2 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
19.0 points toward West Virginia
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-05 | Coastal 24 — 31 West Virginia | at WVU | West Virginia |
| 2010 | 2010-09-04 | Coastal 0 — 31 West Virginia | at WVU | West Virginia |
Coastal leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 85/155, 1267 YDS, 12 TD, 2 INT |
| Tre Guerra QB #4 | 1/3, 6 YDS | |
| Rushing | Dominic Knicely RB #23 | 37 CAR, 193 YDS, 2 TD |
| Deuce Bailey QB #2 | 55 CAR, 171 YDS | |
| Jevon Edwards RB #20 | 44 CAR, 141 YDS | |
| Receiving | Clayton Coppock Jr. WR #8 | 13 REC, 231 YDS, 3 TD |
| Colton Hinton WR #14 | 10 REC, 220 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Tristian Gardner WR #3 | 13 REC, 218 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Karmello English WR #0 | 15 REC, 169 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Marcellius Pulliam LB #4 | 46 |
| Ibrahim Diawara DE #1 | 26 | |
| Jordan Thompson LB #18 | 24 | |
| Sacks | Ibrahim Diawara DE #1 | 5 |
| Reggie Jean DT #90 | 1 | |
| Jesse Powell II DB #16 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Ja'Marion Wayne CB #2 | 1 |
| Travis Roman CB #10 | 1 | |
| Zeke Marshall S #33 | 1 |
West Virginia leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Michael Hawkins Jr. QB #3 | 47/83, 836 YDS, 7 TD, 1 INT |
| Scotty Fox Jr. QB #15 | 2/4, 27 YDS | |
| Rushing | Cam Cook RB #4 | 119 CAR, 652 YDS, 5 TD |
| Michael Hawkins Jr. QB #3 | 92 CAR, 574 YDS, 11 TD | |
| Amari Latimer RB #1 | 20 CAR, 97 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | DJ Epps WR #2 | 14 REC, 393 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jaden Bray WR #5 | 9 REC, 152 YDS | |
| John Neider WR #80 | 6 REC, 71 YDS | |
| Armoni Weaver-Bomar WR #25 | 3 REC, 67 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Isaiah Patterson LB #16 | 37 |
| Kamari Wilson S #8 | 30 | |
| Ben Cutter LB #15 | 28 | |
| Sacks | Ashton Woods LB #33 | 2 |
| Nate Gabriel DL #93 | 2 | |
| Ben Cutter LB #15 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Kamari Wilson S #8 | 1 |
| Ashton Woods LB #33 | 1 | |
| Isaiah Patterson LB #16 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.